Today marks the last day of the first month of billing for Azure… and, hopefully, everyone has been following best practices and has been actively monitoring their account and usage. Consumption charges are new to a lot of us… and no one likes surprises...

I'm fresh from the US Public Sector CIO Summit - it was an amazing week and I had some truly enlightening conversations and experiences. Everyone I spoke with had very positive perceptions and feedback on Microsoft’s strategy - but I happened to come...

It’s been just over two months since the release of the Open Government Directive (hereby referred to as “The Directive”), and the state of awareness continues to grow steadily, especially among those of us in the technology community. This isn’t unexpected;...

Well, that was easy.
So easy that I spent the rest of the evening playing around with the UI of my App just for fun (yes, I consider that fun).
First, Dallas … I thought it would be a little challenging… after all, the idea of engaging services...

Let your voice be heard and spread the word! The submissions are in and public voting is now open for the Windows Azure Application Development Contest targeted towards State and Local Government agencies. Click here to vote for the best application...

As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to test the waters by writing a small app that allowed someone to enter a zip code, find all of their Congressional representatives , then find out the committees they're on, bills they've sponsored, how they...

But it doesn't end there.
Aggregating and exposing information is the initial hurdle to compliance with the Open Government Directive ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/open ), and is the basic prerequisite for everything else. But the Open Government Directive...

We're coming to the end of our State & Local Government Azure solution contest - with prized of $2.5k, $5k, and $10k for third, second, and first place, respectively.
Note: THE LAST DAY YOU CAN SUBMIT A SOLUTION IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5th... and this...

Got into playing with the management API over the weekend, and got wrapped around the axle when it came to getting an API certificate. This post saved me a lot of time and effort:
http://www.davidaiken.com/2009/12/21/how-to-create-a-x509-certificate...

Windows Azure billing formally starts today, which means that all US CTP accounts become read-only, and you'll need to convert to commercial accounts. You can find instructions to do so here: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2010/01/04/sign...